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Jim Pittman
 

"I  believe that Jim Pittman forges new ground on the minimalist front.  His work is heavily textural, sculptural, earthy and organic.  It seems like the viewer and the painting are part of the earth.  His landscapes transport the viewer to the actual spot that inspired the pieces, at least it does for me.  I feel I am there gazing out over the vista and ready to walk into it.  Profound.  I guess that says it for me.  All this from a man who has been a well known award winning realistic watercolorist.   Plus, Jim is an extraordinarily nice man and that is icing on the cake."    -Mary Martin
 
Jim Pittman
West of Nivot 30" X 40" Acrylic on Canvas
 
Jim Pittman
Sandbridge 5 Ides of August 48"x48" $4800
 
Jim Pittman
July Diptych - 50"x40" $5800
   
Jim Pittman artist
Seasong 7 36" X 36" $3600
 
Jim Pittman
Earth Rythms 36" X 36" $3600
   
     Jim Pittman was born in Wakefield, Virginia on September 23, 1935.  He graduated from the College of William and Mary in Virginia in 1958 with a B.A. in Art History.  Following his military obligation, he taught for eleven years in two area high schools, founding the art departments for each.  He continued his education with summer studies in Italy, Spain and workshops on the coast of Maine.  He was working in watermedia, doing taditional landscapes, receiving national recognition for his paintings.  A rafting trip through the Grand Canyon was a major influence on his colors and textures.  Using acrylic on canvas, he applies many layers of warm and cool colors to get the rich textures that he sees in the plains and canyons of the American Southwest.  He is currently working on a canyon series, one of which was recenly acquired by the Denver Art Museum for the permanent collection of contemporary art.  Pittman divides his time between coastal Virginia and Boulder, Colorado.  Frequent forays into New Mexico, Utah and Arizona provide the inspiration for his work.
 
Artist Statement
 
     My work has been described as color field.  I think of them as minimal landscapes.  I am influenced by the great plains and high deserts of the American Southwest.  When walking through the canyons, I see form, shape, line and texture as revealed by light and color.  I translate this to canvas using acrylic paint applied intuituvely and moved around with scrapers, knives, fingers, sticks, etc.  My work is not site specific but I do relate to certain canyons and colors.  I paint my remembered impressions and attempt to create the mystery of ancient places and the passage of time, weather and man.  Edges, texture and surface are important elements of my work.  I layer, dig and scratch the painting to convey the vastness of the prairie or confines of the canyons.  I want my work to be spontaneous, luminous, spare and deep.
  Pittman is influenced with the natural processes of weathering , creating richly layered images through a process of applying paint and lifting it off. He creates an abstracted, eroded vision of a landscape worn down by time and abandoned by humans.  He is a painter of soul and feelings that an area evokes. 
 

JIM PITTMAN

　

　

EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS

College of William and Mary Best of Watercolor 2, 1997

A.B. Degree, Art History, 1958 Best of Watercolor: Color, 1997

Virginia Commonwealth University Best of Watercolor: Texture, 1997

Education Certificate, 1965

Old Dominion University

Art in Italy, Summer Program, 1972

Art in Spain, Summer Program, l973

Selected Exhibitions & Awards Selected Collections

Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

Juried Biennial, 1988, 1992 Permanent Collection, 2003

Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA Ethel Corporation

Southern Watercolor Society Carpenter Collection

Deland Museum, Deland, FL Mobius Venture Capital

Southeastern Watercolor, 1995 Neil Diamond

Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO Charles and Jeanette White

Rocky Mountain National, Southwest Art Collection

Awards; 1994, 1996, 1997 Sam Zell Family Collection

National Watercolor Society

Awards; 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002

American Watercolor Society

Juried Exhibition, 2002

Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL

Land of Color and Enchantment, 2008

 
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